identified the need to build 60,000 new social housing units over 10 years, just to bring Victoria up to the national average of 4.5 per cent.) The Committee also makes a number of recommendations to diversify models of social housing, increase the supply of affordable housing, improve access to social housing for people who need it, and to make better use of the resources we already have (public and community housing and public land). The Big Housing Build provides a vehicle to progress this work. There are multiple opportunities for community sector organisations to engage with Homes Victoria, including providing input to the 10-Year Social and Affordable Housing Strategy. There are also recommendations to increase access to the private rental market by addressing discrimination in the real estate sector and by expanding head-leasing models. Head-leasing programs – where homelessness services, housing providers or government agencies take out leases in the private rental market on behalf of clients – have significant value for people who experience barriers to accessing the private rental market but could maintain a tenancy over time with transitional period of subsidy and support. The Committee notes that the Victorian Government included head-leasing as part of the COVID-19 response (Homelessness to a Home initiative), and that funding could be provided for homelessness services to expand on these initiatives. The report declares current levels of federal income support (JobSeeker) to be inadequate for people to cover their housing costs and highlighted this as an example of where the Commonwealth Government must play its part alongside the State to respond to “the current scale of homelessness”. The Committee also acknowledged the role of work as a protective factor in preventing homelessness, making recommendations to increase access to job readiness training and employment opportunities and Foyer models for young people experiencing homelessness. The Committee makes a bold recommendation to include the right to housing under the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities to enable a human rights and whole-of-government approach to preventing homelessness. The Committee acknowledges the critical role of homelessness services and the broader social services sector in early intervention to support people to stay housed. However, the Committee also noted the constraints on the sector to provide early intervention, which result in crisis-oriented service delivery. The Committee makes considered recommendations to effect the much-needed reorientation of service delivery to early intervention, including funding flexibility, collaborative practice and better referral pathways between homelessness services and intersecting systems. The Committee acknowledged the crisis in Victoria’s crisis and transitional accommodation systems, and the significant constraints the homelessness sector faces in supporting people to transition from crisis accommodation to long-term housing. The Committee makes recommendations to address issues with the use of Housing Establishment Funds, and to broaden crisis accommodation to better respond to needs. The Committee notes that constraints in crisis and transitional responses could also be addressed through complementary Housing First approaches. Housing First emphasises that persons experiencing homelessness should be providing with stable, ongoing housing, before engaging social services to address the drivers of homelessness. However, the Committee notes that a lack of long-term housing options make Victoria’s Housing First strategies difficult to implement, and that long-term stock should be made available from Victoria’s Big Housing Build so that people can access Housing First programs across Victoria. The Committee recognises effective early intervention practice already being delivered in the system, including Private Rental Assistance Program (PRAP) in the homelessness sector and Flexible